Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books (1773)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · leaf 49
rmda thoufand Ways,Appears as various as the human Face.Virtue is miraickd by defigning Vice,To catch th Unwary, and enfnare the Wife»The Fair are ftudious to difplay their Art,To fix foft Paflions in the Ample Heart.For this the gay Coquette affe(5ls her Air3;For this the rigid Prude demure… … What 13 the World ; An empty Vapour,Its Pleafure what? A fmoaking Taper.Its Riches too are but a Smoak,By evry Wind difpersd and brokei. I 47 ]E M B L E M IV. JVorUly EnjoymentSy Wind and Smohm THE pretty Emblem here you fee,Shews that the World is Vanity;A PufF of Wind, a Bubble broke.And…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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